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November 5, 2009

ABC Reports Iran Caught Sending Record Arms Shipment to Hezbollah

Topics: Political News and commentaries

We have to give members of the mainstream media credit when and where credit is due because they actually report the true facts of a story. Unlike the New York Times, which completely missed the Iranian connection, ABC was unique among it's sister network evening newscasts to report that the ship seized by the Israeli navy was loaded with tons of weapons bound for Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and that the origin of those weapons was Iran. And ABC even went so far as to give credibility to the conservative view that Iran should not be trusted in negotiations over its nuclear program.

Via NewsBusters:

Uniquely among Wednesday's broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC's World News with Charles Gibson informed viewers that the Israeli navy earlier in the day intercepted a record quantity of weapons supplied by Iran and destined for Hezbollah, in violation of a United Nations resolution forbidding the arming of the Lebanon-based terrorist group. Host Gibson set up the report: "Israeli navy commandos today seized a ship off the coast of Cyprus. Israel's defense ministry says it was loaded with tons of weapons bound for Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. It is the largest cache of weapons ever interdicted by the Israelis, who say the arms came from one source: Iran."

Correspondent Simon McGregor-Wood opened his report by relaying that the quantity of weapons seized was enough to "keep the Islamic radicals of Hezbollah fighting for a month." And as he concluded the report, he also gave credibility to the conservative view that Iran should not be trusted in negotiations over its nuclear program: "Today's interception won't substantially reduce Hezbollah's military power, but it strengthens Israel's warning to those trying to negotiate with Iran - including the U.S. - it can't be trusted." (More)

As for the details of the evidence that the weapons were of Iranian origin, that has been provided by the AP.

So although Charlie completely missed (ignored?) the ACORN story, he deserves some credit for getting this one right.

Posted by Richard at November 5, 2009 6:32 AM

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